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Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.



Really should've had James there to catch the javelin with his chest.

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Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Real hurthling! posted:

Platinum Games superfanboys, the super best friends, called titanfall 2's campaign better and more exciting than vanquish on their podcast

my copy is still on the way is this possibly true? no way right?

They're idiotic shills for the first one, which was a really boring game. Their opinions are highly suspect.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


FirstAidKite posted:

You know what sucks?

Genocide.

https://twitter.com/Gavin4L/status/794343398220173312

quote:

What sucks a lot lot lot lot lot less is that I've got a tune stuck in my head and I can't remember what it is from and the lyrics are just "la la la" so that's no help!!!

Rosemary's baby or Nyan Cat.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


If Tetlltale Batman has drones, why doesn't he just make the drones do all the work. Have them take pictures of the crimes and drop off the evidence at the precinct. Hostage situation? Drones drop tear gas and tase the bad guys.

I know the answer is that that'd be boring for the audience, but Telltale are the ones who gave him stupid drones in the first place.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Zaphod42 posted:

Whoa what?!

They let a dude who hates the Flinstones go hog wild with the property, with divisive results.

Regy Rusty posted:

It's so good. I wish constantly that they'd make another

It's really weird how they never made another one.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Nasgate posted:

This could actually go into a cool batman run police-state dilemma. So lol Telltale wont do that, it's above their writing skills.

My friend wouldn't shut up about how the Walking Dead: Michonne totally redeems Season 2 because it's so much better, and so far it's literally the same loving story.


:yeah:

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


LawfulWaffle posted:

Michonne's story is interesting only because it gives you a character who is given options to be brutal. TWDs2 was flawed for a lot of reasons, a chief among them was making the playable character one with a lot of restrictions and not a lot of agency. They're all virtual misery porn simulators, but at least when you are playing as Michonne you can pay the misery back some.

On a whole, the Telltale Walking Dead series hit it's high note on S01E02, with a very special mention going to the end of S01. Mostly it's just "the illusion of safety is gain, the illusion of safety is lost, man is the real monster, repeat".

The first game was good because it felt like Lee was actually making choices as part of a group instead of being rammed headfirst into a situation where he has no power, no information and no reason to care about any of the sides involved, which is what Season 2 was all about. You had goals, options to consider, things to lose. Season 2 and Michonne so far feel like someone burst into your house, points a gun at you and is like "WHAT COLOR SKITTLES DO YOU LIKE BEST?" and if you pick green you're gonna spend the next 5 episodes being yelled at over it.

Plus there's no post-apocalypse trope I am more sick of than the militarized group with a deranged leader who does horrible things in the name of "what's necessary", so being forced to interact with that boring bullshit two games in a row is just barf-inducing.

Lurdiak fucked around with this message at 21:16 on Nov 4, 2016

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Empress Brosephine posted:

can someone explain to me why twitch is so popular. i just dont understand watching people play games long form i guess :shrug:

It feels like hanging out with people and playing games, but without needing to expend gaming effort or leaving your house.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


FirstAidKite posted:

Yeah Broforce is a bunch of fun! I dunno if they are still adding characters to it or not, but I hope they are because it was neat seeing the different kinds of playstyles they could come up with

They had an update in July that added a bunch of characters and rebalanced the Snake Plisskin character to be more fun.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


I bet they don't even create art using swords in that.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


LoveBoatCaptain posted:

Could somebody post a link to someone speaking with this "nerd accent"? I'm curious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztWL4MQJqtc

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Lizard Wizard posted:


Took out that relay, but Red Bones is now just bones.


The last remaining Sectoid attempted to inflict panic on Alfalfa, and succeeded - whereupon he filled the freak with future space-lead as his panicked action. :allears:

Getting lucky on panic has always been one of my favorite things about X-com. Sometimes in X-com 1, my sniper would panic and just blow some really powerful enemy's head off from halfway across the map.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


CJacobs posted:

I would imagine most people don't watch movies to be prodded at about how bad the real world they live in is for N reasons.

Um have you never heard of catharsis.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


My cat drools when she purrs, and she is the best cat.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Bicyclops posted:

Dogs, cats and birds are all good people. Birds are weirdly more like dogs than cats, in my experience, but the fact that you can teach them human words, and sometimes what those words mean, owns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uguXNL93fWg

Bicyclops posted:

Some great video game birds include Rauru, the tutorial eagle, Falco, Fox's sidekick, the dove that leads you to Cyan in Final Fantasy VI, and the big bird that you get for getting all the orbs in Dragon Quest 3, who leads you tot he Archfiend Baramos, whose names is unknown in the world of men. And that's not all - there are many more!!

People hate on Kaepora Gaebora because they make him accidentally repeat himself, but he was a friendly wise owl who wanted to help Link on his quest.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Looper posted:

How do you think Captain America would feel about the Dakota Access Pipeline?

Back before Quesada took over as editor in chief, Captain America comics regularly addressed current political issues and took unpopular stances on them as well if the writer felt it was right. Quesada was convinced appealing to horrible right wingers would boost comic sales so he repeatedly nixed that kinda thing, and Marvel Studios took an even broader approach to things, essentially stripping the character of anything more political than "Nazis are bad."

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


I bought a bottle of this stuff at the grocery store.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvbtcCpWf-w

Snak posted:

I basically quit over how boring and tedious it was.

DragonQuest.txt

Lurdiak fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Nov 6, 2016

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Lakeview Cabin is so hard. :(

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


codenameFANGIO posted:

This is why Superman comics from the 50's are the best

And how.

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Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Buca di Bepis posted:

If I recall correctly this man was pulled form ice and has extremely strong muscles but yeah I guess it sucks that he isn't telling 30-somethings to Rock the Vote and Sink Drumpf

Adam Bowen posted:

l'm mad because the authors of my children's books don't conform closely enough to my narrow sense of outrage

Wow you guys are really rustled by my nostalgia for the times where stupid funnybooks could also express political opinions.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Oh I see, you're stupid, but think you're funny instead.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


I can't really pinpoint the reason why, but I only enjoy playing Pokemon Gens 1 and 2. All the little changes made starting in Gen 3 add up to me just not enjoying myself anymore.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Who's your favorite Pokemon?

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


My favorite pokemon is Hitmonlee because he is cool and strong and fights honorably.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


7 fps but I can get it up to 12 if i disable shadows.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Buca di Bepis posted:

How do I get it to block the bad anime and leave Metal Gear alone

Metal Gear is not anime.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.



You can't just say something is anime just because it comes from Japan.

Although I'm sure some rear end in a top hat out there thinks Dark Souls is "anime as gently caress".

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Sakurazuka posted:

Dark Souls takes a bunch of inspiration from Berserk including being able to dress up pretty much exactly like the main character so, uh.


ImpAtom posted:

Dark Souls is like 70% an homage to the anime Berserk, Lurdiak.



Ugh fine you dummies, everything you like is anime, Avengers is an anime, milky way bars are anime.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


codenameFANGIO posted:

But Lurdiak ... you are an anime, yourself????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcqj0cz4kJM

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


The only people who don't know what is meant by something being described as "anime" are posters on these forums.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


bloodychill posted:

I like "how video games get made" articles more than anything (both as a programmer and from a "how it's made" standpoint)

How it's made, you say?

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Through simple happenstance, over the years my circle of close American friends has become mostly made up of people who are the most at risk due to the results of this election. Lots of trans women, gay people of low income, non-whites, etc. It's kind of narcissistic of me to make the election about me when it's them that it will affect, but I'm genuinely terrified for all of them. I know there aren't going to be work camps or anything ridiculous like that, but they're suddenly going to feel unsafe and unwelcome in their own country, and maybe even feel like they need to hide who they really are until some of this "blows over". These are scary and uncertain times, and I really don't think the people trying to minimize the significance of what's going on understand that there's no system in place to keep things from getting worse and worse and worse. The effects of the supreme court appointments alone are going to be felt for decades. But it's so much more than "Oh the republicans won again, here we go :rolleyes:" This isn't like any previous election, and what the results say about the climate in America scare me to the core.



Anyway here's a video I found funny because of how stupid it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkVeyjr4uWA

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Exploration-based games with boring settings are just the worst.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Leper Residue posted:

my favorite thing about the sims is when my sim has a more successful and rewarding life than I do.

Even though tons of people have done funny stuff with The Sims, the funniest will always be that episode of Malcolm in the Middle where Malcolm plays a knockoff Sims game and simulates his family, and the whole family is unbelievably happy and successful but the Malcolm Sim is miserable, friendless and takes up cutting and drug abuse.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


StrixNebulosa posted:

Sims can self-harm? :stare:

Considering Malcolm's older brother's Sim became "the king of China", I don't think it was a fully accurate representation of the real life product.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Oddium should have 7 kids and name them all Lavos.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Lavos: They say Lavos is the one who summoned Lavos in 600 AD. Lavos, we have to stop Lavos!

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


LawfulWaffle posted:

See if Acclaim will pay you to name the baby Shadowman

It's Turok! Shadowman is the gravestone one. Why does everyone get this wrong?

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


lets hang out posted:

I have to turn my hand over and use my thumb to press the r button on my ds as hard as I can to make it work and it's making it really difficult to get through this part of castlevania order of ecclesia that's all spikes and magnets.

Dr Cheeto posted:

Good news: they're selling the new black New 3DS for $99 on Black Friday

Problem, meet solution. The New 3DS' screen is big enough that playing DS games in their original aspect ratio is totally fine. :^)

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Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Looper posted:

I know it's only because it's the first X game I played, but I have a soft spot for Mega Man X6

Ewwww.

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